Mar 23, 2017 By Mitchell Kendra copy Editor 3 min read

The Waynesburg University women’s track & field team decided not to attend its first track at Muskingum University Saturday, March 18, due to the expected weather at the meet.

“It was a pretty easy decision when [we saw] the weather was going to be 37 degrees and snowing,” Falvo said.

After returning from spring break, head coach Jason Falvo and the team discussed the possibility of delaying the start of competition by not attending the meet if the weather appeared to be bad. Collectively, the team decided not to attend the meet and to use the week to train harder.

Falvo said that while the decision wasn’t finally made until the Monday heading into the week of the meet, he said the idea was something he had been discussing with coaches at the end of the indoor season after the team pushed themselves individually and competed well after the entire indoor season, which was displayed when the team won the indoor conference championship.

Now the team looks to do something that no team in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference has ever done – win the cross country Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship along with the indoor and outdoor PAC championships in the same academic school year. He said this is something that the team is focused on.

Falvo said the team is hungry to compete since it hasn’t competed since the Indoor Championships at the end of February.

He said the team, as a whole, is talented. The team has several talented athletes in every event, and Falvo believes the 20-event outdoor season will show the team’s depth.

“For a fact, this is the most complete team we’ve ever had on the women’s side in my 13 years as the head coach…I think we are deep and I think we have a lot of exceptional talent,” said Falvo.

Falvo said the three seniors, Olivia Latimer and her sisters Katie and Emily, will look to lead the team during their last season. He mentioned that all three Latimer sisters are vital parts of the team from their abilities on the track to their behind-the-scenes contributions.

“In terms of their value and what they bring to the track team…they have been vital to our success,” said Falvo. “I’m excited for the three of them to continue doing the things that they have been doing and progress.”

Falvo acknowledged the fact that Olivia is the only athlete on the team that has been a part of every championship the team has won. He said her wisdom and experience and contributions are significant to the program.

The team will compete at Carnegie Mellon University on Saturday. Falvo said the weather appears to be better than the past weeks have been and that the team will be going into this meet prepared to start the outdoor season.